MIDDLETOWN — — Maddie Borowiec hasn't known losing since she arrived at Northwest Catholic as a freshman last year.

Her record with the Indians is a near perfect 37-0-2.

So on Saturday, with her team playing Lewis Mills, the last team to beat Northwest Catholic in 2010, Borowiec, along with a large supporting cast of players, made sure it stayed that way.

Borowiec scored two first-half goals and top-seeded Northwest Catholic added three more in the second half to beat fourth-seeded Lewis Mills 5-1 in the Class M semifinals at Rosek-Skubel Stadium at Middletown High School.

"This just shows [the players'] focus," Northwest Catholic coach Todd Sadler said. "They've never gone into the game with the wrong attitude. ... I can say it but we got to be ready to go and they're always ready to go."

Northwest Catholic (18-0-1) advances to its third Class M championship game in four years and No. 6 St. Joseph (18-2-2) next Friday or Saturday at a site and time to be determined.

For the Indians, who beat Granby in the final last season, the victory accomplished a seasonlong goal to get back to the final unbeaten.

"There's just so much pressure on us but now that we're back in the final it feels good and we're ready," Borowiec said.

But that didn't mean they were statisfied with the performance. Not a chance.

"We were far from our best," Borowiec said.

And a lot of the credit for that goes to Lewis Mills.

Despite allowing two goals from Borowiec in the opening 11 minutes of play, Lewis Mills didn't crack under the early pressure.

Instead, the Spartans (16-2-1) stuck to their game and tried to go at Northwest Catholic rather than sit back. They tightened up and didn't give away their advantages.

"We went out there with a mind-set that we were going to play our game ," Lewis Mills coach Jason Stock said.

It wouldn't last.

After missing a pair of quality chances in the first 10 minutes of the second half, including a shot from Bailey Pace, Lewis Mills was put on the defensive again by the Indians.

With 24:27 left, Annie Higgins scored off a rebound from a Jess Fontaine shot. Then with 14:44 left and 11:41 left, Northwest Catholic got goals from Fontaine and Michelle Medina to make it 5-0.

"It is kind of tough when there's not just one difference-maker, there's three or four difference-makers," Stock said.

The lead had ballooned to five, and it was all because of Northwest Catholic's depth.

"That's one thing I love about this team — I know if I'm not in or if one of my teammates is hurt or something we always have somebody that can step up," Borowiec said. "That's a confidence boost for not just me but the whole team."

Lewis Mills got on the board with 4:18 left after Pace scored but the damage had been done.

Northwest Catholic improved its unbeaten streak to 39 games and is one win away from its third title since 2009. The Indians have outscored their opponents 14-1 in three tournament games.

"I know when we do play as good as we possibly can we're unstoppable," Borowiec said.